CVE-2026-96187: Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Overview

Severity
High (CVSS 7.4)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Category
Information Disclosure
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Oct
Released
2026-10-26

Description

Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

FAQ

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could potentially read portions of process memory. According to the CVSS metric, a successful exploitation could lead to a scope change (S:C). What does this mean for this vulnerability? This vulnerability could lead to a browser sandbox escape. According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? The user would have to click on a specially crafted URL to be compromised by the attacker, and navigate to a malicious site where malicious code would execute a series of specially crafted queries.

Affected Products (1)

Browser

  • Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)

Security Updates (1)

Acknowledgments

Edge Security with Microsoft

Revision History

  • 2026-10-26: Information published.